At the meeting of the WTO Committee on Government Procurement held on June 2, 2021, for which the meeting minutes [https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/PLURI/GPA/M83.pdf&Open=True] were just recently circulated, China provided some details on the status of

Senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) have introduced legislation [https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2474/text] entitled the "American Telecommunications Security Act" that they say would "prohibit federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act from being used to

On July 28, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing [https://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/us-trade-and-investment-in-africa-072821] on "U.S. Trade and Investment in Africa." Several of the remarks and questions focused on China's role in African trade and

On July 27, the UK think tank Policy Exchange hosted an event [ https://policyexchange.org.uk/pxevents/strategic-trade/] on "Strategic Trade" with former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott (currently an adviser to the UK Board of Trade [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_Trade]) giving the

On July 26, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), an interagency body that reviews certain transactions involving foreign investment in the United States to determine the effect on national security, released its annual report [https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/206/CFIUS-Public-Annual-Report-CY-

As we described here [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/new-developments-in-wto-dispute-on-trqs-on-agricultural-products/] , on July 15 there were two developments in the U.S.-China WTO dispute related to TRQs on certain agricultural products (DS517): 1) the United States requested authorization [https://www.worldtradelaw.net/

In September of 2019, Canada requested WTO consultations with China in relation to Chinese measures restricting imports of canola seeds from Canada. Consultations were held in October of that year but failed to resolve the dispute. In June of 2021, Canada revived the dispute by requesting a panel. China blocked